Might need a bit of reintegration, so stay here a bit. I could do a walk of sorts.
Other things to do:
- return to photographs (re-walking photographs to un-earth histories of my faith).
- try to talk to Mama about it.
How do we exist among those who are different from us? Should we welcome difference? Is there a limit to this? Do we set a boundary? Or is our openness boundless?
Complete neutrality and objectivity is impossible. Even our stance for neutrality is itself a position. Everything is relative. Because there is no God from which an absolute position can be concurred.
Although of course, I still believe in a physical universe out there.
I won’t be sending an application. It will just take some time away from me. And I’m not sure I’m ready yet. We’ll see after finishing OVIC.
I also have to read Writing Alone first.
Refocusing priorities
- Spirituality
- Writing
- Lea’s life and business (life design → website)
Whats a subsistent spirituality look like? What must be developed?
Perhaps stop thinking about ministry for a while.
The religious path is the path. Writing is here to help oneself in the religious path. (And others eventually.)
But the priority is understanding how to be - how to live.
Although I appreciate it, I have very little control of the design of my current site.
To create a subsistent spirituality, have a few rules to ground yourself (bind yourself).
No rules but a few grounding ones:
- support pluralism
- avoid emphasis on separation
Religion = religare = to bind
It is a spectrum
- Bind too much (no freedom)
- Minimalist binding (a few rules to ground oneself and to guide group)
- No binding (illusory absolute freedom, no regard to others, takes all welcomes all)
Website will document how you are building your spirituality